{"id":12210,"date":"2025-11-17T12:37:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:37:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12210"},"modified":"2025-11-17T12:37:31","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T04:37:31","slug":"what-is-the-intrinsic-capacity-approach-to-ageing-and-how-can-it-help-cut-dementia-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=12210","title":{"rendered":"What is the Intrinsic Capacity approach to ageing, and how can it help cut dementia risk?"},"content":{"rendered":"


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This is the 76th instalment in a series on<\/em> dementia<\/em><\/span>, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers, and stories of hope.<\/em><\/div>\n

A new approach to ageing developed in Australia could influence how older people are supported \u2013 at home, in the community, by policymakers and through technology.<\/p>\n

Intrinsic Capacity, as it is called, takes a holistic view of health, a more complete picture of overall well-being. It measures cognition, mobility, psychological health, sensory function, including vision and hearing, and vital capacity. It also takes frailty into account.<\/p>\n

Katya Numbers, a senior lecturer at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at the University of New South Wales and whose work focuses on modifiable lifestyle factors associated with increased risk of dementia, explains the inspiration behind Intrinsic Capacity.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were motivated to shine a light on a more positive approach to ageing\u201d \u2013 one that focuses on what older people can do, rather than what they cannot, what they have lost. \u201cIt\u2019s about measuring potential and resilience, not just disease.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Katya Numbers is a senior lecturer at the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at the University of New South Wales. Photo: Katya Numbers<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n


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